As above, so below : religion and geography / edited by Gina Konstantopoulos and Shana Zaia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zaia, Shana, 1986- editor.

Konstantopoulos, Gina, editor.

Series:

Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and geography--Congresses.

Religion and geography.

Middle East--History--To 622--Congresses.

Middle East.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 pages)

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : Eisenbrauns, [2021]

Summary:

"A collection of essays addressing the nexus of religion and geography in the ancient Near East, presenting several case studies that cover a range of time periods and areas to illuminate the diverse phenomena that occur when religion is viewed through the lenses of space and place"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Gods in the margins : religion, kingship, and the fictionalized frontier / Gina Konstantopoulos

Place and portability : divine emblems in Old Babylonian law / Seth Richardson

Mari's investiture scene and the visualization of kingship in the Old Babylonian period / Elizabeth Knott

Divine foundations : religion and Assyrian capital cities / Shana Zaia

Approaches to the religious topography of the oasis of Taymāʼ, northwest Arabia, during the first millennium BCE : images, text and space / Arnulf Hausleiter and Sebastiano Lora.

Notes:

"This volume presents studies based on papers that were presented in the context of a workshop of the same name that took place at the Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale meeting in Philadelphia on July 11, 2016"--Editor's introduction.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781646021536

1646021533

OCLC:

1269219311